DeSantis Announcement, U.S.-China Relations, Debt Ceiling Impact

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce his bid for the Republican nomination live on Twitter with CEO Elon Musk. Relations between Washington and Beijing have been tense lately, but China's new ambassador to the U.S. says he wants to get the two sides back on track. And, the United States is at risk of downgrading its AAA credit rating as debt ceiling negotiations drag on.

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0:00.0	Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans a chat with Elon Musk today.
0:06.2	The billionaire who brought his politics to Twitter will now host a presidential contender.
0:10.6	But how would DeSantis draw more support than Donald Trump?
0:13.4	I'm Michelle Martin.
0:14.4	I'm here with Steve Innskeep and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	China sent a new ambassador to the US.
0:23.9	Shea Feng talks about talk.
0:26.1	We hope that the United States will work together with China to increase dialogue.
0:32.2	President Biden talks about thought in relations after that quote, silly balloon, how much
0:36.3	can the two nations really repair?
0:37.9	Also, the United States has a triple A credit rating, which makes it super cheap to borrow.
0:43.1	If you don't pay your bills, your credit rating suffers.
0:45.4	So what happens to the country of the US defaults?
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